"I introduced myself earlier, I'm Valerie. Also cloning ourselves wouldn't be as difficult as one might think. All we need is our body cells and a way for them to multiply themselves easily. So cloning isn't completely out of the question. As to your last question I'm not certain, but given the fact it took this long to find another human companion I would think the human population is far below 1% of it's previous population."
“Not necessarily,” Cat said, crossing her arms. “The world is vast, it’s very possible we’re just spread out. There are other places that aren’t even connected to where we are by land. How can you be certain it’s just as bad there?”
“Basic hypothesis and theories. There all dead and if there are other people they would just as spread out as we were,” Valerie crossed arms over her stomach.
“Just because this particular area is spread out doesn’t mean every where else is,” Cat said. “And you don’t know they’re all dead,” she said, glaring a bit.
Valerie glared back, “I bet until today you thought you were the only one alive. Am I wrong?”
Valerie glared back, “I bet until today you thought you were the only one alive. Am I wrong?”
“Yes, as a matter of fact, you are. I knew, logically that I couldn't possibly be the last one alive. And look at that, I was right.”
“Well congratulations you were right,” Valerie said, “In that one infinitesimal way.”
“Actually, you lot aren’t even the last people I’ve seen in the last two months. You’re the only ones I’ve interacted with, but I have seen others.”
“They could have been hallucinations due to the lack of human interaction.”
“They were not hallucinations, as I stole this from them,” she said, pulling a water filter out of her bag. “And don’t worry, they had others.”
"Look, I'm all for trying to figure out what's going on but can we do it on the road? I don't want wild animals to attack us while we're arguing over how many people are left on Earth." Nadia butted in, nervously looking around.
(lol I missed way too much sorry I should probably drop out of this)
Cat sighed. "Yes, you're right, we should go." She opened the passenger side door and sat down, putting her bag on her lap.
As Quinn walked, she heard voices. That was normal, however, she talked to herself a lot due to the lack of human interaction, but when she saw the sight of people in a car, that shocked her.
"Alright then, lets go." Nisha sat in the driver's seat and started up the car. It felt strange talking to actual people instead of herself, but it was strange in a good way.
Val got into the back of the car. She was actually talking to other people, it had been forever.
Quinn stepped over to the side as she watched the people in the car, they seemed friendly enough, but should she reveal herself?
Cat looked in her rearview mirror, watching the grass and trees, when she spotted something. She looked closer and put her head in her left hand. She dragged it down her face. "Oh my god," she muttered. Cat looked at Nadia. "Another one."
"Another?! Can I look at them this time?" Nadia replied quietly, trying her best to contain her excitement. Three people in less than an hour…this was an amazing day.
Cat sighed. "Yes. If you let me talk to her first you can even let her in the car if you want. But don't blame me if you get shot."
"Well now I'm scared." Nadia mumbled, taking the keys out to save gas. "Just go talk to her."
"Thank you. Is the trunk unlocked? I'm not gonna go through your things, I promise," she said, opening the car door.
"I didn't think you were going to until you just said that. It should be unlocked though." Nadia said, wondering what Cat was going to do. She kept her pistol in her hand, just in case the girl was hostile.
"It's just my alibi," she said. Cat got out of the car and went around to the back. She opened the trunk, put her own bag in it, and started rustling through her bag as if looking through the trunk. She pulled a small mirror out of her own bag and pretended to watch her reflection, fluffing her hair, and wiping dirt off her face. Cat positioned the mirror so she saw the girl, feigned excitement, and walked over to her slowly, not wanting to scare her. "Hullo?" she called. "I'm not going to hurt you," she said, getting closer. "My name's Cat, what's yours?"
Quinn was full of emotions, suspicion was one of them as she slowly edged away with her hand on her pistol. "Hello?" Was she hallucinating, which was a possibility……
Still, the girl's behavior was very suspicious.
But she wouldn't kill me, would she? Not with what happened last time.